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Nevada should create an online community college and outsource its operation to a vendor, such as a for-profit or Western Governors University, according to a new report from a task force convened by the Nevada System of Higher Education’s chancellor, Daniel Klaich.SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed Read the Full Article
…students will be able to earn an online bachelor of science degree in kinesiology in the concentration of health promotion and wellness.SOURCE: The RepublicRead the Full Article
Some worry about costs, quality of online learningSOURCE: Orlando SentinelRead the Full Story
With dueling hypothetical examples, the chief advocate of a proposed e-mail policy for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and critics of the plan are debating whether it should be adopted.SOURCE: Inside Higher EdRead the Full Article
Apple may not have approved it, but it appears as though iPhone users will soon gain access to Flash content. SOURCE: PC WolrdRead the Full Article
NationsUniversity, a church-supported distance-learning program that offers academic degrees in religious studies, recently reached an enrollment of 5,006 students. That’s an all-time record for the 15-year-old program, said President Alan D. Cooper.SOURCE: The Christian ChronicleRead the Full Sotry
For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut’s suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.SOURCE: Read the Full Article
As soon as the handheld gadgets called “clickers” hit the University of Colorado at Boulder, Douglas Duncan saw cheating.SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher EducationRead the Full Article
A site redesign for the eLearning Inventory is now live and available for use by all Ohio State faculty and staff. The Inventory of eLearning tools and resources can be found at elinventory.it.ohio-state.edu. SOURCE: The Ohio State University
Platform Designed to Create Measurable Alignment Between Learning Programs and Sales Attainment SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), today announced the launch of a cloud-based learning management solution developed specifically for corporations focused on sales training and professional development. Fully integrated into Salesforce CRM, Blackboard Learn(TM) for Sales, is […]